More than twenty years ago, when I first started working on plasticity and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system, I had the feeling of being part of a little, though lively, scientific community that was rarth...More than twenty years ago, when I first started working on plasticity and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system, I had the feeling of being part of a little, though lively, scientific community that was rarther isolated in the world of neuroscience which appeared to me as almost only focused on central nervous system. Since then, things have progressively changed very much and, today, interest in the regeneration in the peripheral nervous system, and especially in its main component. Le. the peripheral nerves (Geuna S, Raimondo S, Ronchi G, et al. Histology of the peripheral nerve and changes occurring during nerve regeneration. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2009;87:27-46.), is sprading tremendouslty among both basic and clinical neuroscientists.展开更多
文摘More than twenty years ago, when I first started working on plasticity and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system, I had the feeling of being part of a little, though lively, scientific community that was rarther isolated in the world of neuroscience which appeared to me as almost only focused on central nervous system. Since then, things have progressively changed very much and, today, interest in the regeneration in the peripheral nervous system, and especially in its main component. Le. the peripheral nerves (Geuna S, Raimondo S, Ronchi G, et al. Histology of the peripheral nerve and changes occurring during nerve regeneration. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2009;87:27-46.), is sprading tremendouslty among both basic and clinical neuroscientists.